Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Misery by Stephen King

106 reviews

maratagon's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Vomit, Car accident, and Death of parent

phantomsparrow's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Car accident, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

captaincrabs52's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Some of the parts of the book got pretty boring but overall I really really enjoyed this book and everyone should read it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

humanhalfofachilleus's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

as with most Stephen King, it could have ended 50 pages earlier and the "creepiness" relies heavily on "gross-out" rather than true terror or horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

etherealsuju's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

emmavardy2's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

emmasmidnightlibrary's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Self harm, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia, Racial slurs, and Rape

kartooch's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

One of the best Stephen King books! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

slaywithsteph's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Car accident, and Dysphoria

Moderate talk of death of infants, killing of infants